tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 12 13:07:09 1998

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Re: KBLC [K'ryntes]

• From: "Robyn Stewart" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: KBLC [K'ryntes]
• Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 13:06:51 PST
• Organization: NLK Consultants, Inc.
• Priority: normal
• Return-receipt-to: "Robyn Stewart" <[email protected]>

SuStel asked:
>>ghaHvaD qoH pong Hoch
>>
>>This probably has the same ambiguity as the English "Call me a 
>>cab!" ("Ok, lady, you're a cab.")
>
>Huh? How is this ambiguous in Klingon? "He" is getting the name of
>"fool."

nuq 'oH SajlIj pong'e'?
pong ghajbe'.
nuqjatlh?  pong ghajnIS jay'!
lu'.  vIpongqang.  DaH <Spot> 'oH pongDaj'e'.  SoHvaD Saj vIpong.

nuq 'oH SajlIj pong'e'?
SuSSaj 'oH pongDaj'e'
pongwIj rurlaw' pongDaj.
teH.  SoHvaD Saj vIpong.

HIghoS, SajwI'.  qayach vIneH.
jIHvaD bang pong Dalo''a'?
HIja'.  SoHvaD Saj vIpong.

ghaHvaD qoH pong Hoch *could* mean that everyone named a fool in some 
way that made him the beneficiary of the action, other than being the 
namee.  

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